National Signing Day means two things..
1) A huge congratulations to all the high school seniors making their dreams come true
2) Who got the best recruiting class?

We decided to dive deep into the Class of 2015 pool to see which school came out on top with the best recruiting class. We decided to focus on cross country/distance recruits and set up a 3 star, 4 star, 5 star ranking based on specific criteria...

5 Star Recruit Criteria:

A) Top 10 at 2014 or 2013 Footlocker Nationals

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B) Top 5 at 2014 or 2013 Nike Cross Nationals

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C) 2 Mile PB Sub 8:58/10:25 (includes 3200m converted marks)

 

4 Star Recruit Criteria:

A) Top 20 at 2014 or 2013 Footlocker Nationals

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B) Top 20 at 2014 or 2013 Nike Cross Nationals

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C) 2 Mile PB Sub 9:02/10:35 (includes 3200m converted marks)

 

3 Star Recruit Criteria:

A) 2 Mile PB Sub 9:08/10:45 (includes 3200m converted marks)

Here's the official list of the top cross country recruits in the nation.

Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
5 Star	Levi Thomet	Germany	8:48.32	15		16
5 Star	Alex Ostberg	Stanford	8:48.88	9		11
5 Star	Grant Fisher	Stanford	8:51.28	1		1
5 Star	Thomas Pollard	Iowa State	8:53.51	12		13
5 Star	Mike Brannigan	Undecided	8:53.59
5 Star	Jesse Reiser	Illinois	8:55.09	8	6		13
5 Star	Elijah Armstrong	Boise State	8:55.25	3		6
5 Star	Caleb Webb	Undecided	8:55.36		3
5 Star	Zach Dale	Illinois	8:55.71
5 Star	Conner Mantz	Mormon Misson	8:55.99	10		7
5 Star	Robert Brandt	California	8:56.58		13
5 Star	John Dressel	Colorado	8:58.38	6		2
5 Star	Tanner Anderson	Oregon	8:59.91		1		3
5 Star	Eric Hamer	Colorado State	9:02.10		4
5 Star	Matthew Maton	Oregon	9:03.73	19		3
5 Star	Adam Barnard	Georgetown	9:04.25		5
5 Star	Jesse Hersha	Michigan State	-	16
5 Star	Olin Hacker	Wisconsin	-	2	2
5 Star	Trevor Reinhart	Yale	-	7		12
Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
4 Star	Zack Snider	Wisconsin	8:58.40
4 Star	Stuart Smith	Undecided	8:59.25
4 Star	Wesley Walsh	Undecided	8:59.36
4 Star	Brian Zabilski	Columbia	8:59.52
4 Star	Steven Sum	Princeton	8:59.97
4 Star	Ben Barrett	NC State	9:01.09
4 Star	Logan Poteet	North Florida	9:01.09
4 Star	Alex Rogers	Texas	9:01.65	17
4 Star	Stephen Mugeche	Arkansas	9:02.00
4 Star	Alex Corbett	Virginia	-		17
4 Star	Benito Muniz	Oklahoma State	-	18
4 Star	Casey Comber	Villanova	-	20
4 Star	Connor Olson	Minnesota	-		12
4 Star	Joshua Collins	Southern Utah	-	11
4 Star	Stuart McNutt	Tulsa	-		10
4 Star	Zachry Jacklin	Undecided	-		16
4 Star	Tristan Peloquin	Portland	-				16
4 Star	Reilly Bloomer	Undecided	-				18
4 Star	Zachary Alhamra	Duke	-				20
Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
3 Star	Joey Duerr	Minnesota	9:02.16
3 Star	Carlos Villarreal	Arizona	9:02.22
3 Star	Sukhi Khosla	Oklahoma State	9:02.63
3 Star	Kai Benedict	Undecided	9:02.93
3 Star	Philip Hall	NC State	9:02.97
3 Star	Colin Burke	Undecided	9:03.53
3 Star	Jeffery Miller	Undecided	9:04.01
3 Star	Miles Yapp	Georgia	9:04.19
3 Star	Paul Ryan	Washington State	9:05.20
3 Star	Psalm Ocampo	Lipscomb	9:05.37
3 Star	Tanis Baldwin	NC State	9:05.81
3 Star	Kyle Mau	Indiana	9:06.22
3 Star	Kevin James	Syracuse	9:06.34
3 Star	Miler Haller	Undecided	9:06.60
3 Star	Franco Martins	Brown	9:07.02
3 Star	James Zentmeyer	Liberty	9:07.31
3 Star	Bryce Millar	Indiana	9:07.44
Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
5 Star	Allie Ostrander	Boise State	10:02.81		1
5 Star	Ryen Frazier	NC State	10:02.86	2
5 Star	Audrey Belf	Georgetown	10:10.90	7	14
5 Star	Annie Heffernan	Notre Dame	10:12.02
5 Star	Dani Jones	Colorado	10:13.12		3		15
5 Star	Brianna Schwartz	Colorado	10:13.57	18		6
5 Star	Makena Morley	Montana	10:15.37	3		8
5 Star	Anna Rohrer	Notre Dame	10:17.99	1
5 Star	Kimberly Coscia	Undecided	10:22.16
5 Star	Lucy Biles	North Carolina	10:22.53		7	7
5 Star	Samantha Ortega	Arizona State	10:23.85			15
5 Star	Devin Clark	Arkansas	10:23.90		11	12
5 Star	Brighie Leach	Princeton	10:23.96
5 Star	Hannah Long	Stanford	10:24.25	19
5 Star	Kashley Carter	Undecided	10:24.83
5 Star	Caroline Pietrzyk	Undecided	10:24.88	14
5 Star	Lizzie Lacy	Amherst	10:28.68	10
5 Star	Anoush Shehadeh	Undecided	-			4
Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
4 Star	Marissa Williams	California	10:28.65		13
4 Star	Bella Burda	Villanova	10:28.84
4 Star	Jordyn Colter	California	10:29.25
4 Star	Marissa Sheva	Penn State	10:29.48
4 Star	Amy Davis	Wisconsin	10:29.99
4 Star	Eve Glasergreen	Cornell	10:30.19
4 Star	Caroline Yarbrough	Undecided	10:30.24
4 Star	Amber Way	Michigan State	10:30.56
4 Star	Andrea Masterson	Yale	10:31.25
4 Star	Emily Hamlin	Washington	10:32.05
4 Star	Allie Klimkiewicz	Princeton	10:32.35
4 Star	Malia Ellington	Harvard	10:33.72
4 Star	Alyssa Snyder	Montana State	10:34.53
4 Star	Safiya Belbina	Arkansas	10:34.84
4 Star	Rachel Dadamio	Notre Dame	10:34.95
4 Star	Annie Frisbie	Iowa State	-	13	20
4 Star	Gabrielle Richichi	Duke	-	16
4 Star	Jordyn Kleve	Missouri	-		15
4 Star	Lindsey Bradley	Washington	-		12
4 Star	Rebekah Topham	Undecided	-			16
4 Star	Mailin Struck	Undecided	-			18
4 Star	Anna French	Undecided	-				8
4 Star	Annika Avery	California	-				20
Rating	Athlete	College Decision	2 Mile PR	'14 FL	'14 NXN	'13 FL	'13 NXN
3 Star	Sheridan Wilbur	Duke	10:35.37
3 Star	Bonnie Angermeier	Virginia	10:37.43
3 Star	Kenzie Weiler	Michigan State	10:37.63
3 Star	Erin Dietz	Harvard	10:38.12
3 Star	Catherine Pagano	Stanford	10:38.28
3 Star	Bailee Dean	Belmont	10:39.01
3 Star	Katie Spencer	Oklahoma State	10:39.08
3 Star	Bridgette Doucet	Lipscomb	10:40.61
3 Star	Lisa Luczak	Undecided	10:40.74
3 Star	Jennifer Fleming	Virginia Tech	10:41.60
3 Star	Kathleen Mansure	Undecided	10:42.07
3 Star	Maysa Araba	North Carolina	10:42.30
3 Star	Eliza Dekker	Dartmouth	10:42.37
3 Star	Caroline Beakes	Undecided	10:42.56
3 Star	Epiphany Grisbaum	Vanderbilt	10:42.86
3 Star	Jenna Truedson	Wake Forest	10:44.29
3 Star	Rachel King	S.D. State	10:44.69
3 Star	Mimi Smith	Undecided	10:44.89

FloRecruit Class Rankings:
Will Be Updated as more athletes commit

Men
1) Stanford
2) NC State
3) Oregon
4) Illinois
5) Wisconsin

Women
1) Notre Dame
2) California
3) Colorado
4) Arkansas
5) Princeton

If you have any information on the Undecided recruits let us know in the comments. Once the undecided decided the FloRecruit Class Rankings will be updated!